Type:60ml bot
Generic Name:Levocetrizine Dihydrochloride 0.1%
Manufacturer:Incepta Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Price:৳55.00
Allergic rhinitis, Chronic idiopathic urticaria
May be taken with or without food.
Oral Seasonal allergic rhinitis, Chronic idiopathic urticaria Adult: 5mg once daily
Oral Seasonal allergic rhinitis, Chronic idiopathic urticaria Children 12 years of age and older: 5mg once daily Children 6 to 11 years of age: 2.5mg (1/2 tablet or 1 teaspoon oral solution) once daily Children 6 months to 5 years of age: 1.25 mg (1/2 teaspoon oral solution) once daily
>12 years CrCl: 50-80 mL/min: 2.5 mg PO qDay CrCl: 30-50 mL/min: 2.5 PO qODay CrCl: 10-30 mL/min: 2.5 mg every 3-4 days CrCl: <10 mL/min, hemodialysis: Contraindicated
Lactation. End-stage renal disease (CrCl <10 ml/min) or haemodialysis patients. Child 6-11 yr with renal impairment.
Levocetirizine is an active isomer of cetirizine which selectively competes w/ histamine for H1-receptor sites on effector cells in the GI tract, blood vessels and resp tract.
Renal impairment. May impair ability to drive or operate machinery. Lactation: expected to be excreted in breast milk, avoid
1-10% Dry mouth,Fatigue,Nasopharyngitis,Pharyngitis Frequency Not Defined Somnolence, dizziness, pyrexia, cough, epistaxis, diarrhoea, vomiting, constipation, otitis media, dysuria, urinary retention, blurred vision, angioedema, paraesthesia, dystonia, oculogyric crisis, myoclonus, extrapyramidal symptoms.
Possible additive adverse CNS effects w/ CNS depressants (e.g. sedatives, tranquilizers).
